Magistrate Rabindranauth Singh granted five men their pre-trial freedom in the sum of $75,000 each when they appeared before him at the Albion Court yesterday charged with larceny of animals.
The men: Vijay Ragnauth, 19, Avinash Gornauth, 19, and Hemchand John, 22, of Success, East Coast Demerara along with Vijay Bashraj, 21, and Ganesh Sookdeo, 19, of Le Ressouvenir are accused of stealing five goats belonging to Lloyd Sahadeo on Saturday July 12.
Attorney-at-law, Charrandas Persaud who made an appearance for the men made a successful application for bail. The defendants were ordered to return to court on July 24 at Weldaad.
Reports are that they were arrested around 2 pm close to a police roadblock at Weldaad
